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shawn-callahan
shawn-callahan
Share with me the experiences of our lives. / / This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
I've fallen in love with Self-Deprecation. I found her teetering the edge of Self-Destruction Testing Her limits with every acquaintance. She lets Her life hang in the doorframe either land on her feet or the knot takes Her name Teasing bad decisions with Svedka soaked sexts. I've fallen in love with inception. I left Self in an echo of a room against cement bricks of incarceration.
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Oct 7, 2018
Oct 7, 2018 at 9:19 PM UTC
Graduation
They say you can't fall anymore than Rock Bottom But I've painfully crashed a thousand times, and melted into the Earth's Core; filling the cracks With liquefied remains of what I became...a failure. My broken pieces caught in alluring lies and tangled Bed Sheets Rock Bottom is every bed A boy has invited me in Because I could not accept God's knock on my chest. Rock Bottom is every cigarette I've shakenly put between my lips Because I could not let God's words fill me. Rock Bottom is each step away from my Body Because my soul-my remains Are left alone above someone's covers. My soul is locked away in a room I can never return to. It's been captured in his bed. So I fill myself with broken glass hoping the reflection of what once was shines through. I drown myself in self-deprecation Praying that a form of baptism Will return my soul to me... But it wont. Not until I open my chest, Not until I fill my lungs with scripture. My soul was captured Because God told me Who the Devil was... Charismatic, body like a snake, and Eyes filled with love...maybe lust? But the thought of happiness captivated me And comfort was found in his arms... I ignored God- calling him a fool. Now, I must heal and find my soul Because I didn't listen the first time. I open my chest My lips spill with alcohol soaked apologizes And He still holds me, Cares for me, He has not Forsaken me... like I had Forsaken myself.
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May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 at 1:44 AM UTC
Rock Bottom: Bed Sheets
Oh, how would it be... to have a body you never touched? Would my skin not flake away? Would my eyes stop pacing... Only to avoid you? Soft skin is always missed But the throbbing between my thighs Will forever stay; unforgotten I wish to feel pleasure Where there was pain As he touches my curves... Six months with someone new And my my mind still disappears In the blue sheets. Oh, how would it be To have a body You never touched... And Instead he did.
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Apr 18, 2018
Apr 18, 2018 at 11:01 AM UTC
(Don't) Touch My Body
Coffee –morning, afternoon, and nighttime shots – keeps me breathing, and saves me from harmful thoughts. I grew up with parents addicted to the taste, and a sister, who brought it home as a present as if it held everything together like paste. I heard through blue bedroom plaster the cries of teenage rebellion, and the yells of parents in disaster from the back-talk of the hellion. Coffee stopped coming home every night. She brought it to a different family. How I wished our home would reunite, but we never regained our sanity. Now I am intoxicated every day with the milk-and-sugar infused mixture. It turns the dull gray of my eyes to look brown and enthused. Each sip is rich in bitterness and poor in flavor. Yet it infects me like an illness and saves me from the razor. Sip some coffee smile, don’t cry. Sip some coffee the blood will dry.
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Feb 11, 2018
Feb 11, 2018 at 9:49 PM UTC
Cheap Coffee
I hate when you leave the light on. I turn it off for a reason, and you have the audacity to turn it on again. It is too late for you to turn on the light. It is too late for me to be awake. I do not want it on. I don't need it on It is a waste of energy, trying to turn it on after I turn it off. You and I both know, I'm going to keep trying, to keep it off. So save yourself the money and time, Save your energy for someone who wants it. I'll use the rest of my energy to keep it off. I cannot sleep with the **** light on! Every time I hear the switch click, my opens open, and the light penetrates the darkness I am trying to sleep in. You are not in control of the light, you cannot decide that you want it on, every time I want it off. Stop ******* wasting everyone's time with this back and forth. Money is being wasted, because you can't learn that everyone does want the light on. Please stop wasting your energy on me and my light. Stop telling me I have an issue, where there is none. This light is mine, the witch is mine, I am choosing not to shine. Don't make the choice for me. I hate when you turn on the light, I hate it so much I hate gasping for air and telling you to go **** yourself. Because of you, all I hear is that ******* clicking! I hear in the morning and in the night, I hear it when I cross the street. I cannot escape it. It is forever ringing in my ears. But, do you want to know what I love? I love when you leave the light on.
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Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 2016 at 5:07 PM UTC
Do You Want to Know What I Hate?
I've made mistakes This is true But have you seen What I've been through? I need some time, some space To clear my heart. Never did I think that Love could **** But there I lay I need to create who I am, But you wont give me the chance. You don't understand that The games you play Are driving me away. I need to forgive myself But you're making that hard And I can't seem-to catch my breath. I'm not a broken toy I'm the same as I always been with just a few scars That tell a story You're too afraid...to experience.
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Oct 6, 2015
Oct 6, 2015 at 4:34 PM UTC
Forgiven Mistakes
I wanted more for you than I wanted for myself. But you showed me You didn't care and I wasn't enough. Daily routine was your happiness and me pretending I was happy. Never did I think my love for you Would **** me in the end. But I died. I didn't care Lost in an unfamiliar world. Left alone figuring my way through. So many drunk nights. So many mistakes. Morals down the drain. Cold tile floors my comfort at night But warmer than your words. One week passed. Then two. Born again in Whiskey and Joints. Week three was better Week four was a realization. Thank you! For your breakup-text Thank you for letting me go. I would have stayed, Even though I was unhappy. I would have done anything To put you first. Unlike you did for me. Thank you for choosing yourself and letting me discover what happiness is. Week five has proven progress. I'm first. You wanted more for yourself Than I was willing to give and I show you now that I always cared But now I never will again.
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Oct 1, 2015
Oct 1, 2015 at 8:19 PM UTC
Thank You
I'm tired of being told to grow up; I don't want to grow... I want to bloom, to blossom In the most exotic place. I want to separate my cement barrier And start my reign over the abandoned. I want to add beauty in this bricked place. I don't want to be confined underneath conceited government. I am self-governing I am forever changing forever a beautiful flower. I am no leader But I am my own path That will not be blocked by the judgment of closed windows. In the most exotic place I will bloom If you are looking for me Follow the trails of golden petals I leave behind.
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 8:46 AM UTC
Golden Petals
Shards of the body-length mirror Are pressed firmly in the skin. Blood dribbles down on the Snow spotted coffee table. Dragging the blade of glass Across the wrist is now An everyday, effortless need. I'm sorry that the eyes can't see That broken mirrors still shine And that pieces are easier to swallow than a whole depressing picture. Broken glass still shine in the light. And flowers don't bloom with out the sun. You are not wilted and you are not broken...lean towards the healing light.
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Jun 6, 2015
Jun 6, 2015 at 3:04 AM UTC
The Broken Have Wings
Do not listen to your heart. Ignore the tumblr quotes. Child, life is not measured by care. Decisions are made by balance Better vs Worst. Good vs Evil. Life's questions do not have right or wrong answers. Only comprehended responses. Remember the brush of his skin. The musky scent buried in his clothes Don't ' forget the tears. Feel the hairs of knuckles across your innocent cheek. Don't forget the laughs. Child, listen to me Reasons to stay and leave will always exist The out come is yours. Don't listen to your heart It will always want to stay. For once, let your mind decide.
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Mar 5, 2015
Mar 5, 2015 at 10:21 PM UTC
Mind over Heart